• Video Pro X

  15 answers, most recent on 2/14/2024

  RE: Blur Rectangular Selection
  @Jamil-Taylor Hi, Here is a video showing how to quickly and simply resize an object: Here is a video showing the same thing but in the context of blurring out something and moving the blur. Note that the way it works is that the effect is applied
• Movie Studio

  13 answers, most recent on 12/30/2024

  RE: Movie Sutdio 2025 Suite - Display Color vs Video Area
  @CubeAce Hi RAy . . . . I think the plug-in 'ink outline' which was really meant to make text more defined might work or some form of lined boarder or shadow in those instances would be useful. . . . . I put a black or solid colour image behind the
• Video Pro X

  15 answers, most recent on 2/14/2024

  RE: Blur Rectangular Selection
  I am getting closer to my expected result. My new PNG file I created in PhotoShop is 1920x1080 image size. The white image is an exact overlay over the image that I want to mask from my frame export. When I use Effects|Load effects mask.. and select
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 3/20/2024

  RE: Bokeh Effect
  @Ian-Schwartz Hi Ian. This is something best done in camera with a decent lens. A computer program has no way of identifying what characters or subject matter should be the centre of focus and what is background. Especially if that background or
• Photostory

  16 answers, most recent on 10/17/2024

  RE: How to add an intro/outro
  @David-Briggs Hi David, Yes, something is definitely strange. Both the mask and the camper video clip should be showing in the frames of the object on the timeline, but are not. Go to Program Settings (Y), Device options tab. What do you have under
• Movie Studio

  16 answers, most recent on 7/17/2024

  RE: MMS 2025 Suite - BCC Boris FX Chroma Key Studio
  @Clinton-Peck 👍In those videos there may be bits that can't be done in MMS, like compositing. In MMS you have to as I did section an area & use it as an overlay or create a B/W mask & use it with a duplicate of the clip in a similar way,
• Video Pro X

  65 answers, most recent on 4/7/2024

  RE: VPX prices until April 9, 2024
  @johnebaker @Former user @Reyfox Hi, Take a look at this video about Pinnacle Studio and dynamic video masking. They show that there is a lot of fine-tuning to do and you can use the brush. The mask detects the outline, but goes off occasionally. In
• Video Pro X

  65 answers, most recent on 4/7/2024

  RE: VPX prices until April 9, 2024
  @johnebaker Hi, It has been brought up & discussed since it was added, It's a bit pointless bringing it back up until there's a new Vegas update. well see what state it's in then, Yep, for me all the time it cuts the top of the head off, the
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 1/16/2023

  RE: [Solved] Pixelization Effect(ish)/Cookie Cutter Question
  @JonM Hi, There are a couple of ways to do this. First, the Cookie Cutter is not appropriate for this. For only one mask with one or more effects, it's quite simple and is done with only one object on the timeline (track 1) and selecting a mask that
• Movie Studio

  8 answers, most recent on 2/18/2025

  RE: Freeze frame & Red Circle
  @DRORENGEL Hi, either create a png red circle in a photo editor as @johnebaker I believe has done, there's other ways with red solids & masks.. Or 'located in the program', - Right click - Insert Still Image at the Playback Marker. Adjust
• Movie Studio

  4 answers, most recent on 7/2/2024

  RE: BCC Witness protection for blurring faces, just sharing.
  @Gid Hi Gid. That is very neat and would definitely be very useful for me but using 19GB of dedicated v-ram and a wider bus width than my GPU has would probably mean me with only 12GB of v-ram and half your bus width would probably mean a much
• Video Pro X

  6 answers, most recent on 7/1/2024

  RE: ACHIEVING TRANSPARENCY
  @browj2 @MCK Hi. ProDad Hide will only remove foreground objects and add the background from pre and post frames either side of the object as it passes. It has limited use and needs quite a powerful machine as renders as short as a few seconds can
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 4/2/2026

  Custom transition in Magix Movie Studio
  Good Morning John I used your "Creating a transition from a video clip using the Mask Generator" and it works perfectly for me. I've made about 10 different transitions from that tutorial and that's more than enough for me. I don't need to buy that
• Video Pro X

  165 answers, most recent on 4/10/2025

  RE: [Closed] Website Observation
  @browj2 @Gid @CubeAce Ray, while the video might put you off, the market it is for then, would not be for you. You are focusing on one thing and not seeing the entire video. While I agree, with you and Gid, it isn't perfect, but it is something.
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 3/20/2024

  RE: Bokeh Effect
  @Ian-Schwartz Hi . . . . effect of a soft out-of-focus background . . . . Assuming you do not want highlights such as lights etc reducing to 'circles of confusion', There are several ways of doing this within MMS A relatively quick method for an in
• Video Pro X

  65 answers, most recent on 4/7/2024

  RE: VPX prices until April 9, 2024
  The reason for having masking and stabilizing within the software is because everyone else has it. You see in Pinnacle it's there, and has been for over 3 years. It's there in other editing software, so you have to have it in "yours" to be
• Other products

  3 answers, most recent on 7/13/2025

  RE: Prodad Hide v2 - I can't stop the auto play.
  @Clinton-Peck Hi. The slower the frame rate the less work the program and your computer has to do. You don't need the program to use as many frames ahead and behind to help replace the background. The more static the camera and the more the
• Video Pro X

  165 answers, most recent on 4/10/2025

  RE: [Closed] Website Observation
  @Gid Smart mask is probably best used with a green screen or similar. It probably is more accurate to use then than a standard use of Chroma key. I think that is how it would be used in a professional capacity. The idea of being able to do such a
• Movie Studio

  33 answers, most recent on 12/3/2024

  RE: After Effects Rotobrush Effect
  @Gid Hi Gid, MMS doesn't do compositing I don't want to start a whole thing about this, but MMS does do compositing and has for as long as I remember. It just doesn't natively have blend modes like Vegas, only a Mix using video level under
• Movie Studio

  26 answers, most recent on 1/27/2024

  RE: An Error occured during Export
  @fishycomics HI . . . . how technology keeps us on its toes . . . . Funny, I thought it was 'how quick technology can part us from our hard earned cash' 😂 . . . . . Maybe my next question will be about how to motion track and blur a address out,
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 9/23/2023

  RE: edit masks
  @RobStirl click on the mask on the timeline highlighting it yellow, then click on Size/Position/Rotation in the Effects tab, you'll then have controls to reshape the mask. PS. you can change the Alpha of a mask with the little up/down arrow at the
• Video Pro X

  65 answers, most recent on 4/7/2024

  RE: VPX prices until April 9, 2024
  @Former user HI Gid I have read the post over in the VP forum, and now follow the context of your monkey, bear, sheep, teddy bear comment.😂 Proves AI (ay eye not @AAProds), is hyped up over its capabilities. The Smart mask has the same issue in your
• Movie Studio

  2 answers, most recent on 1/8/2025

  A sad reflection on the Studio
  Please enlighten me, because I don't get it. I've been using various versions of Magix for years (Video deluxe MX, Movie Edit Pro 2015 Plus, Movie Edit Pro Premium (2022) and I thought I had a handle on movie editing and suddenly, it's a flop. I
• Movie Studio

  7 answers, most recent on 3/20/2024

  RE: Bokeh Effect
  @Ian-Schwartz Hi . . . . effect of a soft out-of-focus background . . . . Assuming you do not want highlights such as lights etc reducing to 'circles of confusion', There are several ways of doing this within MMS A relatively quick method for an in